The Bridge of San Luis Rey. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
by WILDER Thornton
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
Longmans Green & Co.,, 1927. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with title in blue and black, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers, neat pencilled name on front free endpaper; original blue cloth, upper board blocked with author's signature in gilt, gilt back, blue top, uncut, fore-edge lightly spotted else a very good, bright, crisp, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned at backstrip and with one short tear at corner. Precedes the US edition by a few days. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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- Bookseller
- Island Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24491
- Title
- The Bridge of San Luis Rey. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
- Author
- WILDER Thornton
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longmans Green & Co.,
- Date Published
- 1927
- Keywords
- modern firsts, thornton wilder, san luid rey, thornton wilder, modern first editions, bridge, san, luis, rey
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...